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Inert and non-toxic explosive simulants and method of production

US8563316B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY · US

Inventors

Stephen Duffy · Spring, US
Stephen Joseph Goettler, III · Norristown, US
Ronald Krauss

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 14, 2011
Grant date	Oct 22, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/10
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure describes simulants and methods of production thereof that imitate characteristics of known explosives, including characteristics at the microscopic and macroscopic level. For instance, the present disclosure includes a simulant with the same texture, granularity, bulk density, particle density, and porosity of a known explosive. The simulants described herein provide the macroscopic bulk physical properties and the microscopic scale properties of actual explosives.

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